Poverty at $6.85 a day — all countries

Poverty at $6.85 a day — Poland

Poverty at $6.85 a day in Poland in 2023 — 1.1%. Ranked 13 in the world out of 57. Since 1985, the indicator has fallen by 10.2 pp.

2023 1.1% −0.4 pp vs 2022
World rank 13of 57
Period maximum 71.9%1996
Period minimum 1%2019

Trend over time

1985–2023 · % of population

Poverty at $6.85 a day — Poland, 1985–2023020406080198519891993199720012005200920132017202120231985: 11.3%1986: 14.1%1987: 10.8%1989: 3.2%1992: 9.8%1993: 39%1995: 25%1996: 71.9%1998: 17.7%1999: 14.9%2000: 19.7%2001: 20.2%2002: 21.4%2003: 18.4%2004: 18.6%2005: 14.8%2006: 11.1%2007: 7%2008: 5.9%2009: 5.3%2010: 5%2011: 4.9%2012: 5.1%2013: 4.9%2014: 4.7%2015: 3.9%2016: 2.7%2017: 2.1%2018: 1.8%2019: 1%2020: 1.2%2021: 1.1%2022: 1.5%2023: 1.1%
Change over the period: −10.2 pp Annual average: -0.27 pp

Comparison, 2023

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Poland

Poland 1.1%
World 47%
Eastern Europe computed 1.67%
Poverty at $6.85 a day — Poland, by year Poland All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2023 1.1 −0.4 pp
2022 1.5 +0.4 pp
2021 1.1 −0.1 pp
2020 1.2 +0.2 pp
2019 1 −0.8 pp
2018 1.8 −0.3 pp
2017 2.1 −0.6 pp
2016 2.7 −1.2 pp
2015 3.9 −0.8 pp
2014 4.7 −0.2 pp
2013 4.9 −0.2 pp
2012 5.1 +0.2 pp
2011 4.9 −0.1 pp
2010 5 −0.3 pp
2009 5.3 −0.6 pp
2008 5.9 −1.1 pp
2007 7 −4.1 pp
2006 11.1 −3.7 pp
2005 14.8 −3.8 pp
2004 18.6 +0.2 pp
2003 18.4 −3 pp
2002 21.4 +1.2 pp
2001 20.2 +0.5 pp
2000 19.7 +4.8 pp
1999 14.9 −2.8 pp
1998 17.7
1996 71.9 +46.9 pp
1995 25
1993 39 +29.2 pp
1992 9.8
1989 3.2
1987 10.8 −3.3 pp
1986 14.1 +2.8 pp
1985 11.3

Eastern Europe, 2023

The same indicator for neighboring countries — with links to their pages

About the indicator

The share of the population whose consumption falls below $6.85 a day at 2017 purchasing power parity — the highest of the three international lines of the World Bank. It is this line that shows how much more modest the fall in world poverty looks than the extreme line suggests: nearly half the population of the planet lives below this level, and over recent decades that share has been falling more slowly than the share of the destitute.

Important: It matches the typical national poverty lines of upper-middle-income countries. For rich countries even this line is low — there poverty is measured relative to median income rather than by an absolute amount.

Source: World Development Indicators (World Bank), license CC BY 4.0.